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"Low Head Dam, Ross Barnett Reservoir, Central, Mississippi. Completed January, 1965, $25,000,000 project involved no Federal funds. The 50-square-mile lake extends 43 water miles from the main dam near Jackson to within 6 miles of Carthage. Maintained by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, a state agency, comprised of the counties of Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, and Scott, all of which adjoin the Reservoir." View of river and dam. Side 2.
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"Low Head Dam, Ross Barnett Reservoir, Central, Mississippi. Completed January, 1965, $25,000,000 project involved no Federal funds. The 50-square-mile lake extends 43 water miles from the main dam near Jackson to within 6 miles of Carthage. Maintained by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, a state agency, comprised of the counties of Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, and Scott, all of which adjoin the Reservoir." View of river and dam. Side 2.
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- Description: "Low Head Dam, Ross Barnett Reservoir, Central, Mississippi. Completed January, 1965, $25,000,000 project involved no Federal funds. The 50-square-mile lake extends 43 water miles from the main dam near Jackson to within 6 miles of Carthage. Maintained by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, a state agency, comprised of the counties of Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, and Scott, all of which adjoin the Reservoir." View of river and dam. Side 2.
- Creator(s): Gibson, Gertrude
- Date: 1967
- City/State: Mississippi
- County: Leake County
- Call Number: PI/2008.0001
- Filename: 122312-photo-2.tif